Cookie Dough Pickup - Wednesday, December 7th 3:30 - 5:30pm
If you placed an order for cookie dough and/or frozen food, please come to the OMS Commons on
Wednesday, December 7th between
3:30-5:30pm to pick up your order. All orders are frozen and must be picked up by
5:30to decrease the risk of thawing! Please arrange to have someone pick your order up for you if you are not able to. Any questions, please contact
Jo Voelker or
Liz McDonnell. Thank you for your participation!
Chipotle Dine & Earn - Wednesday, December 7th
Want an easy and yummy dinner next week? Head over to Chipotle for dinner and a portion of sales will be donated to the PTA! Just mention Olive-Mary Stitt or show them this email. The event will run from
4:00pm - 8:00pm. Chipotle is located at 338 E. Rand Road (by Palatine & Rand). Thanks for supporting the PTA! Please contact
Liz McDonnell with any questions.
Click Here for flyer.
Looking for Letters Filled With Laughter and Love to Mrs. Jansson
Olive Families who had Mrs. Jansson as a teacher.... As you all know, Mrs. Jansson retired last spring, after teaching at Olive for over 30 years! The Olive staff has decided to put together a special book of letters of appreciation for her. They are reaching out to all staff members, parents, and students who have worked with or had Mrs. Jansson for their teacher. This will mean the world to her; however, the turn around time on these letters needs to be quick, because they are presenting the book to her at the staff holiday party! So....our deadline is
Wednesday, December 7th.
Here's what we need to do:
-Take a moment and write a letter of appreciation to Mrs. Jansson (any thoughts, memories, or messages you have for her).
-Have your children who had Mrs. Jansson do the same thing.
-Email your letters to Alinda Wilhelm (Olive 2nd grade teacher) at
awilhelm@sd25.org by
Wednesday, December 7th. You can write "Letters for Mrs. Jansson" in the subject box.
-Please spread the word to anyone you know who had Mrs. Jansson as a teacher or colleague. Thanks for your time. Mrs. Jansson will love this.
Just Move It! Challenge - Vote for Favorite T-Shirt
Thank you for all of the great T-shirt design submissions for the
Just Move It! Challenge. About 70 designs were submitted. They have narrowed it down to the top 4. Vote on your favorite by going to the Just Move It! Challenge website:
jmichallenge.org.
Voting opens on Friday, December 2nd and closes on
Friday, December 9th.
Attention Parents of 5th Grade Boys:
Tuesday, December 13th: The fifth grade boys will have the opportunity to attend the "Michael" program presented by the Robert Crown Health Education Center. This program is being offered by the PTA so that parents have the opportunity to hear the presentation with their child before it is presented in school.
It has been developed to acquaint the boys with the physical development and personal hygiene associated with growing up. The program will be presented in the Commons at Olive-Mary Stitt School at
7:00pm. It will end by
8:30pm.Every boy attending must be accompanied by a parent or an adult chaperone. A permission slip was sent home November 29th and must be returned to the office by
December 9th. Please
click here for a copy of the permission slip and details. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact
Sarah Klancnik.
Winter 2017 Activity Nights - Mark your Calendar!
Each year, the PTA hosts grade-specific Activity Nights. These are fun, free evenings where the PTA brings in performers to put on a show for our students. This winter, we will be bringing back some favorite acts from the past few years.
- Kindergarten and First Grade: Thursday, March 1 at 7pm in the Commons
- Second and Third Grade: Friday, February 17 at 7pm in the Commons
- Fourth and Fifth Grade: Friday, January 12 at 7pm in the Commons
Each child must be accompanied by a parent and only students in the specific grades can attend due to size limitations. An email with more details will come out as each Activity Night approaches. Please contact
Jen Hasche,
Kris Persons or
Christina Perez with any questions.
IL PTA Takes Action - Is There Lead in Your Child's Drinking Water?
IL PTA released information concerning a new Senate Bill (SB550) which would require all schools in Illinois—public, private, and parochial—to test for lead in each unique drinking water source in their school. Please
CLICK HERE for more information and to TAKE ACTION.
Amazon Smile for Holiday Shopping
Please consider supporting the PTA and start shopping at
www.Smile.Amazon.com and .5% of your purchases will be contributed to the Olive-Mary Stitt PTA.
Smile.Amazon.com offers the same selection and same prices as
Amazon.com, so there is no cost to you, and a charitable donation to the PTA is made! AmazonPrime benefits apply. Click here to learn more:
"About AmazonSmile". To sign up, it is simple! Log on to
Smile.Amazon.com, select "
Illinois Congress of Parents and Teachers Olive-Mary Stitt PTA Inc" under charitable organization, and you are set. Thank you for your support!
Thank You Conference Dinner Volunteers
Our annual conference dinner was a great success. The teachers really enjoyed their Casino themed meal. It is a long few days of conferences for them and they love having this meal waiting for them. Thank you to all those who donated food, raffle items or their time and also to our Co-Chairs, Judi Schuch and Sarah Wade for organizing this event!
Help Shape Your 2017/2018 Olive PTA
The Nominating Committee needs YOU! Are you interested in recruiting next year's Executive Committee? The Nominating Committee is a group of PTA members who find and nominate the following year's Executive Committee. The Executive Committee is the elected board that directs all of the PTA committees at our school. These people will be actively recruiting and soliciting potential nominees for the 2017/2018 Executive Committee. You need to be available to meet a few times as a group. Please email
Olive - Mary Stitt PTA if you are interested or have questions. Nominations for the Executive Board will be accepted at a later date. Thank you for your support.
ABC/25 Yankee Candle Fundraiser
You can still order holiday gifts from Yankee Candle. All online orders need to be completed by November 18th for December delivery. Reminder free shipping on all orders over $100 and orders are sent directly to your address. Yankee Candle fundraiser will run until
January 11, 2017. Visit the
www.abc25.org and click the Yankee Candle icon and follow the prompts to signup as a seller. Proceeds benefit ABC/25 Foundation Teacher Grants. Membership Drive is also still going on! Help your school Earn $2,500 - Make a donation and become a member of ABC/25 Foundation today! If you have questions, contact
Megan Puzen.
